Friday night’s game between the Atlanta Hawks and Oklahoma City Thunder was brutal on the eyes in the first half, and was hard to tell which team was doing what. The Thunder wore orange uniforms, and the Hawks wore red uniforms. The orange/red matchup was absolutely awful and made for plenty of confusion.
But who approved these jersey colors? 🤔
(via @ATLHawks) pic.twitter.com/uJu36Qvj8c
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 27, 2021
who thought this was a good idea…? pic.twitter.com/AfROQpw4qS
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) February 27, 2021
Well, it turns out the Hawks wore the wrong uniforms (but it appears the league is as much to blame on the uniform clash). However, red is the only uniform color the Hawks have for their road trip, so the Thunder switched to white uniforms for the second half.
From Thunder: "The Hawks are wearing the incorrect uniform color for the game. The league process of inputting uniform colors should have caught the orange/red combo, but because the Hawks only have red uniforms on the trip the Thunder will switch to white at the half."
— Joe Mussatto (@joe_mussatto) February 27, 2021
https://twitter.com/okcthunder/status/1365485714104856579
Here’s how the uniforms look in the second half:
Théo Maledon 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋
11 points | 8 assists pic.twitter.com/ukDRADmkww
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) February 27, 2021
Ah, much better.
